Passenger lands twin-engine plane at Fla. airport with controller's help after pilot dies

Passenger lands twin-engine plane at Fla. airport with controller's help after pilot dies "TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Doug White and his family had just enjoyed a smooth takeoff and were ascending through the clouds when the pilot guiding their twin-engine plane tilted his head back and made a guttural sound.

The pilot, Joe Cabuk, was unconscious. And though White had his pilot's license, he had never flown a plane as large as this.

'I need help. I need a King Air pilot to talk to. We're in trouble,' he radioed.

Then he turned to his wife and two daughters: 'You all start praying hard.' Behind him, his wife trembled. Sixteen-year-old Bailey cried. Eighteen-year-old Maggie threw up."